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Techniques and interventions |
The techniques and interventions that Dr. Ormont has developed all relate in one way or another to
two stabilizing forces:
The Group Contract
and
Bridging techniques.
In addition, interventions and techniques to maintain
the Safety of the individual
and
the integrity of the group
are given primary importance.
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The Group Contract |
The group contract provides an objective, unchanging structure that all group members can observe in relation
to all other group members' behavior and feelings. All group members agree to follow the contract that Dr. Ormont
has developed. They understand its purpose is to guide the group forward in their work together. They discover
that they all deviate from the guide from time to time. The group members' resistance to following the agreed upon
contract provides a solid basis on which both the leader and group members can explore and study the kinds of
stumbling blocks that impede group members not only in the group process, but in their daily lives. |
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Bridging Techniques |
Bridging refers to a set of interventions group leaders can use to form and strengthen emotional bonds
and generative communication between group members. Dr. Ormont has developed specific techniques for building
bridges among group members depending on the immediate objective. Immediate objectives include such things as
support for an individual member, energizing the group, promoting full participation, building group cohesion,
promoting generative communication between members, and building and maintaining safety in the group. |
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Safety in a Group |
Broadly defined, safety in the group is established by helping group members differentiate between interactions
or exchanges in the group that are constructive and nourishing, versus interactions that are unproductive, damaging,
or destructive. Dr. Ormont's interventions are designed to work in concert to protect group members from exposure to
toxic stimuli or noxious emotional interchanges within the group, while recognizing and supporting the personal
strengths of group members. |
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